COFFEE PROFILES
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil
Brazil holds strong as the largest arabica coffee producers in the world. And to its credit worldwide is the number of varieties, mutant-hybrids, and cultivars that have sprung from Brazil, either spontaneously or by labratory creation. The classic Brazil profile is rich in chocolatey, nutty, and pulpy coffee-cherry notes.
south america
Colombia
Coffee came to Colombia in the late 1700s by way of Jesuit priests who were among the Spanish colonists, and the first plantings were in the north of the country. Soft nuttiness, big sweetness and soft acidity, toasted nuts and delicate balance.
central america
Costa Rica Café Vida
Coffee was planted in Costa Rica in the late 1700s, and it was the first Central American country to have a fully established coffee industry. Notes of sweetness and soft acidity, toasted nuts and delicate balance.
central america
El Salvador
Santa Ana is known for producing some of El Salvador's best coffee. The region's fertile volcanic soil and ideal climate provide perfect growing conditions for high-quality arabica coffee beans. Coffees from Santa Ana display a smooth, well balanced flavor profile with notes of chocolate, caramel, and bright acidity.
africa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia holds near-legendary status not only because it's the birthplace of Arabica coffee, but also because it is simply unlike every other place in the coffee world. Pronounced fruit and deep chocolate tones, often with a bit of winey characteristic and syrupy body.
central america
Guatemala
While coffee came to Guatemala in the late 18th century, cultivation of the crop began to gain steam in the 1860s, with the arrival of European immigrants who were encouraged by the Guatemalan government to establish coffee plantations.
central america
Mexico
Due to the greater attention paid to the region's rich mineral deposits and mining opportunities, coffee did not develop as an industry until later, especially coming into its own in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. High-grown Mexican coffee has extremely interesting complex citric and malic acidity, balanced sweetness in the form of chocolate and toffee, and an overall clean cup.
south america
Peru
Coffee wasn't cultivated for commercial export until nearly the 20th century, with increased demand from Europe and the significant decrease in coffee production in Indonesia. The British government took ownership of roughly 2 million hectares of land from the Peruvian government as payment on a defaulted loan, and much of that land became British-owned coffee plantations. Flavor notes include cocoa with mild dried melon flavors, mellow, tart acidity and sweetness.
Southeast asia
Java
Sunda Badak
This coffee is a signature coffee from Frinsa Collective. Day lots are selected to match a specific profile that is representative of the Preanger region and quality premiums are paid to separate these lots. The majority of farmers in this region are small-holders delivering wet-parchment or wet-hulled green coffee to a central mill operated by Frinsa Collective where drying and dry milling is completed and quality control is executed to separate out lots to match this profile.
“Sunda Badak” is a name for the indigenous Rhinoceros to the island.
africa
Tanzania Mt. Meru
Kool Beans has a unique partnership through the Greater Milwaukee Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church which has a long-standing mission presence in Mt. Meru. We purchase Mt. Meru Peaberry, Select and Decaf through this connection. Traditional Tanzanian coffee offers a bit lower acidity and best from a medium to dark roast. The cup gets chocolaty, a bit rustic and semi-sweet with some lovely spice tones.
Africa
Tanzanian Peaberry
Peaberries are a naturally occurring mutation of the coffee seed that forms a single, small rounder unit than the two "flat beans" that typically sit face-to-face inside a coffee cherry. While somewhere between 5-12 percent of any harvest end up being "peaberries". Notes of milk chocolate, pecan red currant, chamomile and citrus.